The Founders
Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and the Company that Made the Modern Internet
What's it about
Ever wonder how a handful of outsiders built the company that became the blueprint for Silicon Valley? Discover the untold story of PayPal and the brilliant, often-conflicting minds like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel who gambled everything to revolutionize online payments. This is your chance to learn from their triumphs and failures. You'll get a front-row seat to the chaotic early days, learning the specific strategies they used to overcome fierce competition, internal power struggles, and the dot-com crash. Uncover the leadership lessons and innovative thinking that launched the careers of tech's most influential figures and gain the ultimate insider's guide to building a world-changing company from scratch.
Meet the author
Jimmy Soni is the award-winning author of the definitive biography of Claude Shannon, the father of the information age, and a former managing editor of The Huffington Post. His deep fascination with the people who build our technological future led him to spend five years interviewing hundreds of sources to uncover the untold origin story of PayPal. Soni’s work meticulously documents the intense collaboration and conflict that defined a generation of entrepreneurs and shaped the digital world we inhabit today.
What's it about
Ever wonder how a handful of outsiders built the company that became the blueprint for Silicon Valley? Discover the untold story of PayPal and the brilliant, often-conflicting minds like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel who gambled everything to revolutionize online payments. This is your chance to learn from their triumphs and failures. You'll get a front-row seat to the chaotic early days, learning the specific strategies they used to overcome fierce competition, internal power struggles, and the dot-com crash. Uncover the leadership lessons and innovative thinking that launched the careers of tech's most influential figures and gain the ultimate insider's guide to building a world-changing company from scratch.
Meet the author
Jimmy Soni is the award-winning author of the definitive biography of Claude Shannon, the father of the information age, and a former managing editor of The Huffington Post. His deep fascination with the people who build our technological future led him to spend five years interviewing hundreds of sources to uncover the untold origin story of PayPal. Soni’s work meticulously documents the intense collaboration and conflict that defined a generation of entrepreneurs and shaped the digital world we inhabit today.
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